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Hannity's Brutal Takedown of Michigan Democrat Thanedar On Immigration Is a Must-See
What would you say to a Congressman who has recently introduced a bill calling for the abolition of ICE, who has called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, was one of 158 Democrats who voted against the "Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act", refused to stand and acknowledge the memory of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray during President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, and admits that he has never called the family of a victim murdered by an illegal alien in his home state? Well, Sean Hannity had plenty to say to him.
On last Friday night's edition of Hannity on Fox News, the host welcomed Michigan Democrat Congressman Shri Thanedar and he did not hold back. He began the segment with a 2 and a half minute monologue, where he went over the above laundry list of issues, and added Thanedar's support for illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Hannity then went right after him.
HANNITY: ..Just to be clear, the President's Joint Session speech when he honored the family of Laken Riley, murdered 24-year-old nursing student, murdered by an unvented illegal immigrant and honored little Jocelyn Nungaray's family, brutally raped and murdered, a 12-year-old girl, did you stand, ..did you give honor to that family that lost so much?
THANEDAR: Look, Sean thanks for having me..
HANNITY: ..Did you stand or not?..
THANEDAR: I did not stand because the President..
HANNITY: You sat on your ass. ..I want to be clear. You sat on your ass and you wouldn't stand for families.. that lost children, a 12-year-old girl raped and murdered, and you couldn't stand for them because you were playing politics, is that right? I want this audience to know.
THANEDAR: ..I would not stand for this President...
HANNITY: You weren't standing for him, you are standing for the families that lost little girls that were murdered by the illegal immigrants that you want to remain in the country. Is that true or false?
THANEDAR: ..Look, this President was using a tragedy --
HANNITY: ...What about those families....Have you ever picked up a phone? Because there are thousands of Americans that have been murdered and raped and victims of violent crime. Have you ever spoken to any? Have you ever called them to offer your condolences? Name one family....
THANEDAR: Look, every immigrant, everyone must follow American laws.
Hannity kept trying.
HANNITY: Have you ever picked up the phone and called a victim's family?
THANEDAR: Look, I, I have talked to my constituents all the time..
HANNITY: Not a hard question... Have you ever picked up your phone and called them? Have you done that one time?
THANEDAR: Look, I talk with my constituents all the time. My constituents have been terrorized by ICE...
HANNITY: Have you ever called an American family that has been a victim, murdered, raped, tortured by an illegal immigrant? Yes or no Congressman...
THANEDAR: I am sure I have met people..
HANNITY: I am sure I have met people, I'll take that as a no.
If this was a boxing match, the refs would have stopped it, but Hannity then turned his attention to the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
HANNITY:.. That ICE agent was injured, did you know that? Do you know what the injuries were?..
THANEDAR: ..The only source of that information is DHS. And DHS Secretary lies. She lied to me on my face...
HANNITY: ..You're saying the internal bleeding reports are lies? ..
THANEDAR: I have seen no evidence of that. It is only coming from DHS...
HANNITY: ..You're a lawmaker, do you believe in the rule of law and that a person is innocent until they're proven guilty..?
THANEDAR: Absolutely...
HANNITY: Then why did you call this ICE agent .. a murderer?..
THANEDAR: Look, lots of people saw that video. America saw that video...
HANNITY: ..If you believe in due process, why did you say he is a murderer?
THANEDAR: Her last words were, 'I have nothing against you dude'. She said it in a very civil matter. This person pulled out ...
HANNITY: And then accelerated right at the officer, clear as day. Can't miss it.
Then Hannity delivered the knockout punch.
HANNITY: .. It is people like you that don't care about the American people. And then you attack the brave men and women. I was scrolling all of the victims of crime and you never lifted a phone to call one victim, one family. You call ICE Agents murderers and they are out there, they're putting their lives on the line...And now the threat level against them is up a whopping 8000% and I blame people like you for that. You insight them, with your incendiary comments, I find it nauseating. And you should be ashamed of yourself.
THANEDAR: Well look, ICE is murdering people, murdering American citizens. They murdered a U.S. Citizen, a mom with three children. That's not acceptable.
HANNITY: I see a very different case than you. I saw a guy whose life was in jeopardy and he defended himself, that's the difference between us.
Good for Sean Hannity. This wasn't a TKO, this was a good old fashioned knockout, that exposed everything wrong with the left on these very crucial issues.